Battle of Nova Mirandela

The Battle of Nova Mirandela occurred in 1655 when the United Provinces, based out of their colony of New Helmond, assaulted the Portuguese colony of Nova Mirandela during the Dutch-Portuguese War. The Dutch enlisted the aid of local Sufis in attacking the Portuguese colony, and the war elephants from the Sufi mosque launched an attack against the Portuguese colony by themselves. Later, Dutch settlers from New Helmond built a barracks next to the mosque, and waves of skirmishers headed to attack the town center alongside the Sufi. The result was a Dutch victory, and the small and defenseless colony of Nova Mirandela was destroyed by the Dutch with barely any opposition.